4.3K views · 39 reactions | What are the Stages of Silage Season  Stage one : Cutting all our green fields ready to begin the process - But What is Silage? It is when grass is compacted and stored until winter to feed our beautiful herds over the winter. From now till winter the grass ferments making delicious and nutritious feed in the colder months. Think of silage as the farm version of pickling 勒 | Graham's The Family Dairy | Facebook

Today marks day eight of the silage harvest, and phenomenal weather, cooperative machinery, and a talented and hard-working team has managed to bring in an incredible amount of very high-quality feed, nearly 120000 tons, over the past week! We are about 80% harvested, and “Maize Mountain” is now 325 feet wide, 700 feet long and 45 feet high. The pile building team has done a phenomenal job, and the pile is a perfectly shaped and symmetrical work of art. You can view the pile making process live